Battle of Komarow

The Battle of Komarow was fought from 26 August to 2 September 1914 during the Eastern Front of World War I. Komarow was Austria-Hungary's second victory of the war, following their recent victory over the Russians at the Battle of Krasnik.

Battle
In the last week of August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian forces - which included formations of ethnic Poles eager to liberate their people from Russian oppression - encountered the Russian 5th Army at Komarow in Congress Poland. The Austro-Hungarians took advantage of their numerical superiority by overwhelming the Russian army and taking 20,000 prisoners - a staggering amount for the first month of the war. While these captured Russian soldiers were poorly-supplied, they were well-trained and loyal, unlike the hundreds of thousands of conscripts sent to replace them in the later years of the war.